Bill-HCA 65CSR26
H. B. 2621
(By Delegates Mahan, Cann, Kominar and Faircloth)

[Introduced January 24, 2003; referred to the
Committee on Finance then the Judiciary.]

A BILL to amend article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, relating to authorizing the health care authority to promulgate a legislative rule relating to benchmarking and discount contracts.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article nine, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section nineteen, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 9. AUTHORIZATION FOR MISCELLANEOUS AGENCIES AND BOARDS TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

§64-9-19. Health care authority.
The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-sixth day of July, two thousand two, under the authority of section eight, article two-b, chapter sixteen, of this code, modified by the health care authority to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the second day of December, two thousand two, relating to the health care authority (benchmarking and discount contracts, 65 CSR 26), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Health Care Authority to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Benchmarking and Discount Contracts.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.